Three Kingdoms

The other side.

After the hustle and bustle, there is always chaos.

Just like after every party, there are always all kinds of messy things left behind, giving the person who cleans them up a headache.

After Cao Cao ended his coup, the Prime Minister's Mansion officially became the venue for the temporary court meeting. The ministers lined up outside to show their loyalty, wagging their tails one after another, and the serious Chongde No one went to the temple at all.

But the so-called "Chao Hui" at the Prime Minister's Mansion was different from a normal court meeting, and there were not that many people participating. Especially those officials who were originally wavering and failed to make any contribution during this turmoil were basically excluded from the court meeting of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Those who were able to participate were basically the powerful figures under Cao Cao.

Or certain groups of people.

Cao Cao is still just the prime minister of a country. Although he presides over work, he is still a vice-president and not a real emperor, so the small court meeting in the prime minister's house does not have so many rules.

Just like today's meeting, it was also held temporarily.

In the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao Cao was located in the middle, with many tables and seats placed on both sides. The distance between each other is obviously much smaller than the distance between the monarch and his ministers in the palace hall. In addition, there are some empty seats on both sides. The overall feeling is not very solemn, but more casual and flexible. .

When the ceremony officer outside the hall sang Xiahou Dun's entrance into the hall, Cao Cao stood up from his seat and stepped down to greet him. Without waiting for Xiahou Dun to salute, he pulled Xiahou Dun inside and said with a smile: "Yuan To travel around the country and outside, to support the country, and to set the trend for the country, it can be said that hard work is a great achievement, and there is no need to care about these customs. Hurry up and take your seats, everyone in the hall must be eager to know how the chaos is going around..."

Xiahou Dun had been staying in the camp outside the city for the past few days. Now he received the call and hurried from the camp outside the city to the prime minister's residence.

Xia Houdun glanced at him and knew why Cao Cao behaved like this, so he was not polite. When he arrived in the hall, he bowed and said in a deep voice: "After receiving the order, I will dispatch various troops to quell the rebellion." Now the traitor in Runan, He Shiyi, has been crowned! Hanoi is no longer in peace! 』

Xiahou Dun recounted the general situation again.

In fact, Xiahou Dun had already sent people to report the relevant information to Cao Cao, but now that he was repeating it, all the surrounding officials, including Cao Cao, still listened very carefully. Even Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Zhong Yao and others also It's like I just found out.

After all, how to calm down the chaos as soon as possible is a test for Cao Cao's regime. Only after passing this test can Cao Cao's regime be able to continue.

While Xiahou Dun was reporting on the military situation, he was looking at the layout of the lower section hall.

Except for the officials and generals of the Cao family and the Xiahou family who were inherently close to Cao Cao, the first echelons were still Xun Yu and Guo Jia.

Not to mention Guo Jia, Cao Cao’s old friend, um, old subordinate...

Although Xun Yu was from Yingchuan, he kept to himself during this turmoil and did not take any action under strict surveillance. He also did not show any dissatisfaction after Cao Cao seized Xun Wangwu Fort. In addition, Xun Yu's identity is over there, so naturally he still comes first.

Under Xun Yu and Guo Jia, there is the second echelon. In addition to Dong Zhao who rushed back to Xu County to report the relevant situation because he "died in an accidental attack", perhaps unexpectedly, but also expectedly, Cui Yanye listed among them.

Thanks to Cui Yan's previous role as a strong advocate for Cao Cao's promotion to prime minister, and the fact that Jizhou was relatively stable this time, there were no major disturbances. This was somewhat different from what Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun had expected. I don’t know whether this is Cui Yan’s suppression and management from behind, or Chen Qun’s dispatching in Yecheng. Basically, Cui Yan has been promoted to a position just one position behind Xun Yu.

As for Zhong Yao and Cai Hao, they are certainly in the third echelon. To be honest, this position is a bit awkward, neither up nor down.

If Zhong Yao was willing to show earlier, he could at least take two steps forward. Although he had an affair with Ren Jun in the Tuntian Camp, it could be regarded as a meritorious service in controlling and defending the mutiny in the Tuntian Camp. But because of his previous vague attitude and Zhong Yao's own attitude towards the emperor, Zhong Yao's position will not be too high.

Similarly, Cai Mao's low position is not because Cao Cao is dissatisfied with Cai Mao. After all, Cao Cao and Cai Mao were old friends back then, but it's just that Jingzhou is no longer as strong as before. Cai Mao's value has dropped a lot, which can make Cai Mao, who has basically mediocre abilities in intelligent governance and combat military ability, is considered a good perk to sit in the third echelon.

Of course, this may not necessarily mean stabilizing Jingzhou...

Further down, there are basically some officials who have behaved themselves during this chaos. Sitting on both sides of the lobby, although there may not even be a table, they are more or less an intruder.

When Xiahou Dun reported the general affairs and said that he would return to Yanzhou to continue to prepare for war, and recommended Ren Jun to serve as the guardian of Xu County and replace him in control of the Beiya Forbidden Army, Cao Cao thought for a moment and decided that Nod in agreement.

Nowadays, the possibility of another unrest around Xu County is very small, and it is indeed not necessary for Xiahou Dun to be here. Relatively speaking, Guanzhong has become the place that needs to be focused on right now. After all, after so many days, even if there is news about the unrest in Xu County, Even if it is ordered to be banned, I am afraid it will be difficult to isolate, and it will leak to Guanzhong to some extent.

Although Cao Cao's current internal line in Guanzhong did not convey any news, both Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun knew that General Hussar organized and assembled the army much faster than Cao Cao and the others...

If it would take Cao Cao about ten days to assemble a large army at the fastest, then it would only take five days or even less for General Fei Qian of the Cavalry to assemble a cavalry army of the same size.

This means that if Fei Qian really launches a military operation, the news may not have even reached Xu County, and Fei Qian's front troops may have already approached!

So even if there is no news at the moment, we have to be on guard.

"In this autumn of crisis for our family and our country, I am fortunate to have Yuan Rang with such heroic courage and courage to share weal and woe, guard against the slightest, and safeguard the country!" Follow the rules and be rewarded! ” Cao Cao said in a deep voice, “Now I have ordered the Chancellor to approve the meritorious deeds. When Yuan Rang arrives at Yanhou, we will surely be able to clarify...”

Is it true that you haven’t figured it out yet?

Obviously not.

But it is obvious that if Xiahou Dun was given a reward in Xu County, then there would be no effect of taking this opportunity to appease and stimulate the Yanzhou officials and military academy. After all, hearing and seeing are two different things.

People's demands are different depending on their position.

Perhaps in the eyes of some ministers, the gold, silver, jewels, fine silks and brocades awarded by Xiahou Dun are really nothing, but to ordinary officials and military academies, they are indeed a considerable amount of wealth, and they will inevitably envy and discuss them. What Cao Cao wants is just for these people to envy and discuss, and then put aside all the fears and uneasiness they may have felt before...

After the military talks, Xiahou Dun retreated to his seat. Although he expressed that he wanted to return to Yanzhou, he was not in a hurry for this moment. And it is obvious that Cao Cao asked Xiahou Dun to come not only to listen to Xiahou Dun's military reports about these things that he already knew...

Such as the following one.

As soon as Xiahou Dun sat down, an official from the Dali Temple stood up and said, "I am concerned that Confucius violated etiquette, wrote many random texts, sow discord, and caused trouble..."

Almost at the same time, another person, a minister under the imperial censor Zhongcheng, also came out to report: "I have recently investigated the case in Qingzhou, and I was shocked to find that Kong's Ziqian was involved in hidden things. I kindly request that Kong's Ziqian be detained immediately." , in order to find out the truth, and if Kong is innocent, he can be restored to innocence, and it will not be too late to be awarded a beautiful position. 』

Cao Cao smiled when he heard someone making noises one after another.

If Cao Cao wants to get rid of Kong Qian, he doesn't need to take action at all. He only needs to show his dislike of Kong Qian a little bit. With Kong Qian's little thoughts, some people will stand up to kill this evil trend and let this evil trend come to an end. A descendant of a so-called sage, the descendants of the Kong family clearly understand who they are.

As the saying goes, those who are not qualified will suffer disaster.

This is generally the case with Kong Qian.

Although Kong Qian did not obtain any extremely high position in the court, he was actually pushed to the front desk and served as the signature thug of the Yingchuan nobles...

Qingzhou soldiers incident.

A discerning person will know something is wrong at a glance.

Is Cao Cao bad? To the people of Xuzhou, Cao Cao was a bad guy who committed all kinds of crimes and could not be forgiven for his crimes. However, under the circumstances at that time, Cao Cao was a good man in the Cao family's army, and he was also a leader in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. A good man, after all, it was Cao Cao who ended the continuous war in Yanzhou and Yuzhou, allowing the surrounding areas to regain a peaceful life.

Everything has two sides.

There is a problem with the Qingzhou soldiers, and everyone knows there is a problem.

The problem of bullying the people is not only a problem for the Qingzhou soldiers, but also for the Cao family and the Xiahou family. It is also a problem for the officials and local nobles in Yingchuan...

So why not say that it is an issue of "bullying the people and harming the head of Guizhou" in the officialdom and among the soldiers, but say it is an issue of the "Qingzhou soldiers"?

Just like in the world itself, there are good people who do good things and bad people who do bad things. There are even good people who accidentally do bad things and bad people who occasionally do good things. Human beings are inherently contradictory, let alone a collective like the Qingzhou soldiers.

Are all Qingzhou soldiers bad people? Qingzhou soldiers also cultivated fields. In these years, which year did they not provide the people of Yingchuan with crops to stabilize food prices? Have these been selectively ignored and forgotten?

So, to take a step back, even if the Qingzhou soldiers really did something bad, if a problem arises, they should solve the problem, find out the whole story, and arrest the murderer, instead of making noise and making noise for the sake of making trouble rather than to find out the truth.

In other words, if Kong Qian was really out for the pity of the people and running for justice for the people at the beginning, then all kinds of inexplicable agitation sounds appeared along the way, and there were weird supports from all walks of life, and he even had conflicts with the so-called victimized people. Completely unrelated people came out to express support. Judging from normal people's rationality, this matter was already a bit wrong and needed to be reconsidered. However, Kong Qian still showed up without any hesitation and just appeared at the right time. In front of the emperor...

Human beings are born with a circle.

Humans are indeed emotional animals. They will grieve and wail over the life and death of close relatives, and even become so deformed that they cannot eat. However, few people will not be able to eat or sleep well because of the death of their neighbor's relatives. Not to mention grieving and grieving for people in the next village, nearby counties, or even thousands of miles away. More often than not, one just sighs and feels indignant, and then just does what one should do, and that's it.

Such behavior is not cold-blooded, but an instinct of human beings to protect themselves.

If everyone could howl in grief because of the life, death, illness, and illness of strangers thousands of miles away, couldn't help themselves, became extremely sad or angry when they heard or saw it, could neither produce nor live, then human beings would have died long ago. perished.

Therefore, with the development of the Internet world in later generations, there may still be some people who say they are expressing support from hundreds of miles away and running for injustice, but these are very few, and most people still know nothing more than Just forward it on the Internet and complain about it. I really need to personally donate money, materials and efforts...

So in the current situation where information transmission is very slow, isn't it strange that many "sad and angry" people inexplicably appeared on the way, expressing "support" for Kong Qian to "fight"?

At the same time, who was Kong Qian before? Are you concerned about the sufferings of the people?

No, if you look at Kong Qian's previous circle of friends...well, his actions, you can know that Kong Qian used to attend celebrity banquets and high-end places, and there were no white ladies in his contacts, and he was always flirting with women. Such a person suddenly said that he cares about the sufferings of the people. It is impossible to say it is too absolute, but the possibility is relatively small.

So it was naturally very clear why Kong Qian came here.

Kong Qian was also present at today's meeting, and the location was not too remote.

After hearing the impeachments of several people in a row, Kong Qian's eyes showed some fear and some resentment.

Kong is a descendant of a saint!

Kong Rong was in Xu County before, but Xun Yu and others drove him out of Xu County like refugees without even a word of apology. This was naturally a great shame and humiliation for the Kong family who claimed to be descendants of saints!

Kong Rong fled many times, and finally fell seriously ill when he returned to his hometown. Everyone in the Kong family hated this!

Little did they know that Xun Yu was already merciful at that time, otherwise wouldn't it be simpler to deal with Kong Rong like Xu You?

Later, Kong Qian understood clearly that the current situation, although Cao Cao controlled Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places, seemed to be huge, but in fact Guanzhong was still booming and had great power. As for the emperor Liu Xie, he didn't have much authority at all.

So Kong Qian originally wanted to go to Guanzhong. If he could rely on his reputation to become a high-ranking official, wouldn't he be able to avenge his disgrace when the Hussar General returns to Shandong?

So Kong Qian naturally used his name to eat and drink all the way to the west.

Although Kong Qian is not unfamiliar with the situation in Guanzhong, the old order is being broken and the new order is still being formed, so there is plenty of room for maneuver.

The fact that Kong Qian and Xi Lu could meet was actually Kong Qian's intention.

Xi Lu came from Guanzhong, and Kong Qian also wanted to learn about some conditions in Guanzhong through Xi Lu. After all, he had never been to Guanzhong before, and his reputation was not as great as Kong Rong's. Naturally, he was a little worried about what would happen if he arrived in Guanzhong. Recommended by people, wouldn't he die of embarrassment on the spot in obscurity? Wouldn't it be more beautiful if we could get Xi Lu's recommendation, or if we could meet Zheng Xuan through Xi Lu, it would be best to get Zheng Xuan's recommendation?

Therefore, Kong Qian has the BUFF status bonus of a descendant of Kong, and his identity is somewhat similar to Xi Liu. At the same time, they also have a common topic. The literati's whining and sour smell are the same, so naturally they meet each other late.

In addition to Xi's concerns, Kong Qian also paid attention to and contacted people in Yingchuan who were suppressed by Cao Cao, as well as some powerful local nobles in Jizhou and Yanzhou who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's arrangements. With these people coming closer, Kong Qian's small circle It was initially formed.

The reason why Kong Qian and others used the Qingzhou soldiers as a breakthrough point was a careful weighing.

First of all, it is naturally because Cao Cao is too powerful and controls most of the military power in the entire Shandong court. It is not painful to do other things. If he can take the opportunity to defeat the Qingzhou soldiers, or he cannot be defeated temporarily, but in It would also be great to plant a thorn between Cao Cao and the Qingzhou soldiers.

Secondly, the conflict between the emperor and Cao Cao was not a secret that no one knew. The two even openly clashed in the court. So after Cao Cao was defeated, the emperor would naturally be happy. If he could directly trip up Cao Cao, wouldn't he immediately become a hero? Although this possibility is very small, what if it happens? You can't live without dreams, right?

Thirdly, the reason why Kong Qian is not as famous as Kong Rong is because there is no one to help promote it? With advertising and publicity, even rubbish can be turned into quality products! And pleading for the lives of the people in the world and pleading grievances for the suffering people, isn't it the best advertisement and the best reputation?

Therefore, under the overlapping interests of several aspects, there was a series of previous actions.

Kong Qian deliberately bypassed Cao Cao, even left the place where the incident occurred, and went to Xu County specifically to complain in front of the emperor in front of all the civil and military officials and the common people!

In Kong Qian's opinion, this is naturally a great trick, a trick that can make him proud...

If Cao Cao gets angry and refuses to investigate on the spot, then Kong Qian's mission will be completed, because Kong Qian has successfully established his "innocent reputation" for the people's grievances. As for the follow-up, he does not need to participate in the follow-up. He only needs to wave on the spot. Walking away, expressing contempt and disappointment for Cao Cao, is considered a perfect exit.

But Cao Cao didn't get angry!

It was completely beyond Kong Qian’s expectation!

Moreover, Cao Cao didn't even have the slightest excuse. The emperor said to investigate, and Cao Cao said to investigate. He said where to investigate, and Cao Cao nodded and agreed to investigate there...

As a result, many of the things Kong Qian originally prepared were useless!

Cao Cao even said that Kong Qian did a good job and redressed the injustice of the people. Don't leave in a hurry. You can be a witness. It can be said that it has a beginning and an end, and does not forget the original intention.

So it was naturally difficult for Kong Qian to leave.

At that time, Kong Qian felt that there might be trouble, but now the trouble is really at hand!